Chapter 061: Arrival in Pingzhou
Chapter 061 arrived in Pingzhou
Wang Qifang was also a little puzzled, she flipped through the records that were bookleted, well, clothes, shoes and various handicrafts, she could understand, it was estimated that it was a wedding gift given to her by a friend in Beijing.
But some of the large and valuable items that followed made her a little confused.
"Tut-tut, two pairs of coral trees more than one foot high, a box of pearls with a dragon's eye, two sets of white porcelain tea sets from the official kiln in the former dynasty, two pairs of net bottles worn by the front three-color handicap, and twelve red gold steps are shaken...... Who bought the dowry for Miss Seven, all of them are rare treasures. ”
Outside the door of the small warehouse in the side courtyard, a few fat maids said with envy while helping to count things.
"I don't know, but I heard Mrs. Qi from the second errand that since Miss Seven's wedding date was set, many people have sent her a lot of things, and the person who sent the things said that these are the dowries that Miss Seven has accumulated in various places, and now they have specially helped to send them."
The little girl who spoke, wearing a grass-green skirt, combed a double-ring bun, and had light freckles on her chubby face.
"Miss Seven bought it herself? No, how can I hear Brother Shiro, who is on an errand in the front yard, say that Miss Seven donated a lot of property in order to save the eldest master and the third young master from prison. After the eldest master and the third young master were released from prison, they spent a lot of money on alcohol all day long, and spent a lot of silver on Miss Seven, and I heard that even the jade ornaments in Miss Seven's room were taken out by them. Where did she get so much money to buy so many treasures? ”
The girl in charge of bookkeeping looks older, wearing the uniform clothes of the Wang family's girl, but there are some delicate gadgets added to her waist, what a purse, jade pendant, as soon as she turns around, she will jingle. A pair of small silver pendants are worn on the ingot-like ears, which are a little more charming than other little girls. She retorted with some disbelief when she heard Freckles' words.
The tall maid who was in charge of carrying it on the side put down a large bag of things, wiped the sweat on her head, and then began to check and count things one by one. I saw her carefully pick up a cyan bag, and a white cloth strip was sewn on the wrapper, and the contents were marked on the cloth strip. She gently opened the baggage, pointed to the neatly folded red clothes and said:
"That's it, even if Miss Seven is capable, she loses so much property at once, where does she have the money to buy things? You see, this scarlet twelve long skirts with gold embroidery and rich peonies are the latest style in Beijing this summer, and last month our young grandmother asked relatives in Beijing to make one, but the material is not as good as Miss Seven's. It can be seen that these clothes are not made before at all, but have just been cut. ”
"Twelve dresses? What a delicate embroiderer, at first glance it is made by the most famous embroidery workshop in Beijing. ”
Her charming eyes were full of envy, staring at the brand-new dress, resisting the urge to reach out and touch it, and muttering praises.
"But if it wasn't Miss Seven's own money, who would have helped buy it? Big man? Freckles didn't believe it, so she stuck out her tongue before she finished speaking, shook her head, and whispered, "Could it be that Miss Seven's aunts helped buy it?" ”
"No," the tall man put away the twelve skirts and put them in the clothes area, and then struggled to carry a two-foot square red lacquer carved box, she patted the note on the lid of the box, "Well, this is the eldest aunt of Miss Seven sent by someone, and there are a few things behind, including the eldest wife of the Li family, and the third wife." ”
"And who would it be?" Charming counted all the things that the tall man had checked, and then began to keep accounts, she muttered curiously with her red and glamorous little mouth.
"Hey, did you think it would be sent by the Seventh Aunt?" Freckles is the cleaning maid in the outer courtyard, and the news has always been well-informed, she pretended to be mysterious and said, "I heard Uncle Wang from the porter say that he once chatted with the delivery driver, and the coachman inadvertently missed a sentence, saying that this was all confessed by the alliance leader, and said that the alliance leader respected Miss Seven very much, and would never wronged her." ”
"Huh? Is there such a thing? Charming stopped her pen, looked at the freckles with little stars in her eyes, and asked with great gossip.
"That's right, that's what Uncle Wang said, and he also said that there were several big carriages with this coachman, and each carriage was full of treasures. We're only a small part here, and there are still many young and old people in the big warehouse. “
Freckles nodded vigorously, indicating that her message was correct.
"Wow, Aunt Seven is so good to Miss Seven...... Sister Gu Yu and Sister Bai Lu want to enjoy happiness! ”
Charming is a third-class maid, and she admires those high-level personal maids who follow her master's side the most, especially Gu Yu and Bai Lu, who were recently rewarded by the old lady to Miss Seven, and she is even more envious.
"Hmph, a bunch of unruly things, you don't work, what nonsense are you talking about here?"
Wang Jiufang stood in the corner and listened for a long time, and when she heard that all the good things in the courtyard were sent by Li Jingtian to Wang Qifang, a burst of anger suddenly ignited in her chest, and she walked behind a few chattering maids with a straight face, and scolded sharply.
"Slave, slave maid, please say hello to Miss Nine!"
A few girls said that they were rising, and suddenly heard someone reprimanding, and hurriedly turned around, and saw that the person who came was Miss Nine from the big house, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said hello with a trembling tone.
Wang Jiufang didn't pay attention to a few maids, went around to the sorted things, and looked at them one by one. When she saw bags of new and delicate clothes, rare and expensive ornaments, and boxes of pearls and precious stones, a pair of bright eyes almost erupted with fire.
She picked up one casually, it happened to be the twelve long skirts that a few maids had discussed for a long time just now, only to see Wang Jiufang shake the skirt open, the bright red gauze flashed with a little golden light, the gorgeous peonies were in full bloom proudly, and the twelve skirts were layered on top of each other, dreamlike and extremely beautiful.
"Nine, Miss Nine......"
Several maids saw Wang Jiufang carrying her skirt in a daze, and their hearts were pounding, for fear that this aunt and grandmother would be unhappy and tear her skirt into strips of rags.
Seeing this, a few rough women who were unloading the goods next to them were also startled, and shrank behind the carriage like quails, and they didn't dare to breathe, lest they touch the moldy head of the ninth lady. Only the leading housekeeper found that the situation was not good, so she hurriedly ran out of the yard in the corner of the wall and asked Xiao Zheng for help.
"This is sent by the eldest young master of the Li family?" Wang Jiufang didn't seem to hear the little girl's pleading, continued to stare at the skirt in a daze, and asked in an unusually soft tone: "Add makeup to Wang Qifang?" Is it. ”
Several maids heard the anger implied in Wang Jiufang's words, and hurriedly lowered their heads, and no one dared to reply.
"How is that possible?" Wang Jiufang dropped her skirt abruptly, rushed to the maids in a few steps, and said viciously: "Impossible, it was definitely not for Wang Qifang's old woman." Even if these things were sent by the eldest young master, they were also given to me, and if you heard it, give it to me! ”
Wang Mingchuan asked Wang Jinyu to write a letter to Li Jingtian more than 20 days ago, 'hinting' that he would come to propose marriage to Wang Jiufang.
Wang Jiufang watched the messenger from Zhao's warehouse get the letter with his own eyes, and hurried to the capital. At a normal pace, Li Jingtian had already received the letter, and the reply should have arrived in Qingyuan.
Wang Jiufang, the two brothers and sisters, almost craned their necks and waited for a reply, and sent people to Zhao's store every day to inquire, but as a result, they still haven't received any reply from Li Jingtian.
I thought that I was wronged enough to marry Li Jingtian as a flat wife, but who would have thought that Li Jingtian would have such an attitude.
Thinking of the ridiculed eyes in the house, Wang Jiufang was almost crazy, and her temper became worse and worse, and finally she wrote all the accounts on Wang Qifang, thinking that Li Jingtian didn't dare to reply to the letter, it must be Wang Qifang who made a ghost, and she hated so much that she just wanted to eat Wang Qifang alive.
It's a pity that Wang Qifang is followed by two chivalrous guests, Wang Jiufang doesn't want to run in to fight others, if she doesn't have Wang Qifang's permission, she can't even enter the door.
Just when Wang Jiufang hated the root of his teeth, but had nowhere to put his mouth, a large number of carriages poured into Qingyuan, and those people even named and gave things to Wang Qifang. Hearing the news from the maid's mouth by chance, Wang Jiufang immediately took his subordinates to the warehouse, and happened to hear the chatter of several maids.
Hmph, Wang Qifang, I can't do anything to you for the time being, but these things ...... Wang Jiufang's eyes flashed with a fierce light, the corners of his mouth hooked a sinister smile, turned around and came to the pile of items, ready to start moving.
"Jiu Niang, you also came over to help?"
Xiao Zheng walked in quickly, his breath was a little disordered, but his face was still full of smiles, and he grabbed Wang Jiufang's arm and asked affectionately.
"Jiu Niang has seen the third aunt."
When Wang Jiufang heard the voice, she had to put down her hand and give Xiao Zheng's blessing gift in a coupon, "Jiuniang heard that the third aunt was busy preparing a dowry for her sister, so she thought about coming over to see if she could help. However, seeing that these girls are still dedicated, Jiu Niang is relieved. Third aunt, you are busy, Jiuniang retires! ”
As he spoke, without waiting for Xiao Zheng to speak, Wang Jiufang got up and walked out of the side courtyard. It's just that when she stepped out of the door, she couldn't help but look back, and the scarlet dress scattered on the pile of baggage was particularly dazzling, stabbing her eyes with pain......
After several days of busy work, there were fewer and fewer carriages to deliver things to Wang's house, and finally, Xiao Zheng finally sorted out all the things.
All kinds of cloth, wood, gold and silver utensils, porcelain, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, ancient books, medicinal materials and other items, sieved and sifted, selected and selected, pressed firmly, this did not exceed one hundred and twenty-eight lifts.
Because Pingzhou was far away in the north and far away from Qingyuan, Li Jingtian could not come to greet his relatives in person, so he sent Tie Chu and Li Jingguang to Qingyuan.
Bidding farewell to the elders in the family, Wang Qifang, escorted by Wang Jinyu, set off for Pingzhou with more than a dozen carriages.
Xu is team has more than a dozen knights to protect, and Xu is just put down the rebellion, the official road is quite safe, after more than ten days of driving, finally arrived in Pingzhou the day before the wedding.
Through the thin curtain, Wang Qifang looked at the quaint city gate from afar, and said secretly: "Pingzhou, I'm here!" ”
P: Hehe, a little late second watch, thank you for your support